USPTO Patents Application 09879335

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IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

^oag^nt No 6,911,371 B2

Patent Issue Date June 28, 2005

Application Serial No 09/879,335

Filing Date June 11, 2001

Assignee Micron Technology, Inc.

Inventorship Vishnu K. Agarwal et al.

Attorney's Docket No MI22-1568

Title: Capacitor Forming Methods with Barrier Layers to Threshold Voltage Shift
Inducing Material

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FOR PTO MISTAKE (37 C.F.R. 1.322(a))

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PATENT NO. : 6,911,371 B2

APPLICATION NO.: 09/879,335

DATED : June 28, 2005

INVENTOR(S) : Vishnu K. Agarwal et al.

It is certified that an error or errors appears in the above-identified patent and that
said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as shown below:

Face page (75) Inventors
Add: Kunal R. Parekh, Boise, ID (US); and

Randhir P.S. Thakur, San Jose, CA (India)

Face page (56) References cited add the following patents to the list of U.S. Patent
Documents:

5,796,166 8/1998 Agnello 257/751

5,699,291 12/1997 Tsunemine 438/240

5,608,249 3/1997 Gonzalez 257/306

6,165,833 12/2000 Parekh et al 438/240

Related Patent Data, column 1, line 12
Replace "a continuation application of U.S. Ser. No. 08/944,054"
With -a continuation application of U.S. Ser. No. 08/994,054-

Column 1, line 35
Replace "A shift threshold voltage (V f )"
With -A shift in threshold voltage (V,)--

Mailing Address of Sender: Patent No. US 6.91 1.371 B2

James E. Lake

Wells St. John P.S.

601 West First Avenue, Suite 1300

Spokane, WA 99201-3828

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PATENT NO. : 6,911,371 B2

APPLICATION NO.: 09/879,335

DATED : June 28, 2005

INVENTOR(S) : Vishnu K. Agarwal et al.

It is certified that an error or errors appears in the above-identified patent and that
said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as shown below:

Column 4, line 13
Replace "being NO—."
With -being NO-.»

Column 4, line 19

Replace "particularly NO — . Diffusion of impurities and other"

With -particularly NO-. Diffusion of impurities and other-
Column 8, line 4

Replace "One potential advantage of wafer construction and wafer"

With -One potential advantage of wafer 50 construction and wafer-
Column 7, line 63

Replace "FIG. 13 shows wafer construction after"

With -FIG. 13 shows wafer construction 50 after-
Column 7, line 59

Replace "FIG. 12 shows a wafer construction including wafer"

With -FIG. 12 shows a wafer construction 50 including wafer-

Mailing Address of Sender: Patent No. US 6.911.371 B2

James E. Lake

Wells St. John P.S.

601 West First Avenue, Suite 1300

Spokane, WA 99201-3828

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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION

Page 1 of 2

PATENT NO. : 6,911,371 B2

APPLICATION NO.: 09/879,335

DATED : June 28, 2005

INVENTOR(S) : Vishnu K. Agarwal et al.

It is certified that an error or errors appears in the above-identified patent and that
said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as shown below:

Face page (75) Inventors
Add: Kunal R. Parekh, Boise, ID (US); and

Randhir P.S. Thakur, San Jose, CA (India)

Face page (56) References cited add the following patents to the list of U.S. Patent
Documents:

5,796,166 8/1998 Agnello 257/751

5,699,291 12/1997 Tsunemine 438/240

5,608,249 3/1997 Gonzalez 257/306

6,165,833 12/2000 Parekh etal 438/240

Related Patent Data, column 1, line 12

Replace "a continuation application of U.S. Ser. No. 08/944,054"
With -a continuation application of U.S. Ser. No. 08/994,054-

Column 1, line 35
Replace "A shift threshold voltage (V,)"
With -A shift in threshold voltage (V f )-

Mailing Address of Sender: Patent No. US 6.911.371 B2

James E. Lake

Wells St. John P.S.

601 West First Avenue, Suite 1300

Spokane, WA 99201-3828 V? : ^yy$

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PATENT NO.

: 6,911,371 B2

APPLICATION NO.: 09/879,335

DATED

: June 28, 2005

INVENTOR(S) : Vishnu K. Agarwal et al.

It is certified that an error or errors appears in the above-identified patent and that
said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as shown below:

Column 4, line 13
Replace "being NO—."
With -being NO-.~

Column 4, line 19

Replace "particularly NO — . Diffusion of impurities and other"

With -particularly NO-. Diffusion of impurities and other-
Column 8, line 4

Replace "One potential advantage of wafer construction and wafer"

With -One potential advantage of wafer 50 construction and wafer-
Column 7, line 63

Replace "FIG. 13 shows wafer construction after"

With -FIG. 13 shows wafer construction 50 after-
Column 7, line 59

Replace "FIG. 12 shows a wafer construction including wafer"

With -FIG. 12 shows a wafer construction 50 including wafer-

Mailing Address of Sender: Patent No. US 6.91 1.371 B2

James E. Lake

Wells St. John P.S.

601 West First Avenue, Suite 1300

Spokane, WA 99201-3828

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Micron Technology, Inc.

August tyr, 2002

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9. Assignment of Invention (Thakur/Parekh, 2 originals); \ ^> ^Kv

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11. A $170.00 check (Petition & Assignment fee); ^ZQE M AWfe^^

12. Power of Attorney by Assignee w/ statement under 37 CFR 3.73(b);

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In re application of: Agarwal, Vishnu K.

Application No.: 09/879,335

Group No.: 2813

Filed: June 11, 2001

Examiner: Y. Huynh

For: Capacitor Forming Methods and Capacitor Constructions

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Randhir P.S. Thakur

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IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Application No.: 09/879,335

Date of filing: June 1 1 , 2001

Name of Patentee: Micron Technology, Inc.

Title of Invention: Capacitor Forming Methods and Capacitor Constructions

Assistant Commissioner for Patents
Washington, D.C. 20231

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Kunal R. Parekh

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IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Application No.:

09/879,335

Date of filing:

June 11, 2001

Name of Patentee:

Micron Technology, Inc.

Capacitor Forming Methods and Capacitor Constructions

Title of Invention:

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